In 2003 we started photographing North Dakota ghost towns and abandoned places, first as a hobby and then, as a fascinating learning exercise. We learned about the Homestead Act that had settlers...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2022/08/29/ghosts-of-north-dakota-photos-enter-public-domain/
It’s been a long time, I know, but we’re still here. Life has led myself and Terry in unexpected directions, and we’ve been busy with other things for quite some time now, but we still have...
We’ve previously posted about Gingras Trading Post, which holds a share of the claim to “the oldest standing structure in North Dakota,” dating back to the days of the fur trade, before the...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2021/06/13/the-other-oldest-standing-structure-in-north-dakota/
When we started this project in 2003, there were plenty of places where we arrived too late; we showed up to discover there wasn’t much left to see in many cases. Now, years later, we’ve been...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2021/01/05/8-more-lost-north-dakota-places-2/
Every now and then I dig into the archives looking for unseen things we shot but never shared, and I recently discovered these photos from our jaunt through Alfred, North Dakota in 2012. Some of ...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2020/12/16/photos-from-the-vault-alfred-north-dakota/
Fall of 2018 officially marks 15 years since we began documenting North Dakota’s ghost towns and abandoned places. I’ve previously written about how we got started (by accident). We photograp...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2018/08/06/thank-you-for-15-great-years/
As we ventured toward Minot for a book signing event in 2014, we decided we would try to sneak in some shooting time at a few different locations along the drive, but this particular place was no...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2018/07/28/immanuel-lutheran-church/
The end always comes. As we’ve documented here, here, and here, our historic places are frequently losing the battle with time and the elements. The places shown here, two churches, a school, a...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2018/03/29/5-lost-north-dakota-places/
North Dakota’s longest State Highway is Highway 200, and it stretches over 400 miles from the Red River near Halstad, Minnesota to the Montana border at Fairview. As we’ve been exploring Nort...
Near the center of the state, in Wells County, about fifteen miles northwest of Carrington, Cathay stands as a great example of a shrinking North Dakota railroad community in the heart of farming...
https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/2017/08/17/cathay-north-dakota/